About
Hiroshi Teshigahara (January 28, 1927 – April 14, 2001) was an avant-garde Japanese filmmaker. He was born in Tokyo, son of Sofu Teshigahara, founder and grand master of the Sogetsu School of ikebana. He graduated in 1950 from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and began working in documentary film. He directed his first feature film, Pitfall (1962), in collaboration with author Kōbō Abe and musician Tōru Takemitsu. The film won the NHK New Director's award, and throughout the 1960s, he continued to collaborate on films with Abe and Takemitsu while simultaneously pursuing his interest in ikebana and sculpture on a professional level.
Filmography
Basara: The Princess Goh1992 · Director, Writer
Rikyu1989 · Director, Writer
Basara no Hana (Flowers of Extravagance)1985 · Director
Antonio Gaudí1984 · Director, Editor, Executive Producer
Moving Sculpture: Jean Tinguely1981 · Director
Summer Soldiers1972 · Director, Director of Photography
240 Hours in One Day1970 · Director
The Man Without a Map1968 · Director
Explosion Course1967 · Director
The Face of Another1966 · Director
Jose Torres II1965 · Director
Ako1964 · Director, Writer
That Tender Age1964 · Director
Woman in the Dunes1964 · Director
Pitfall1962 · Director
Sculptures by Sofu - Vita1962 · Director
Jose Torres1959 · Director, Director of Photography
Gaudi, Catalunya1959 · Director
Drumu To Shonen1959 · Director
Yurakucho 0 Street1958 · Screenplay